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[rich2]

Awesome! Looking forward to seeing more progress :)

[sonikk4]

I had hoped to be a bit further ahead this week but things have colluded against me. HOWEVER i have achieved to a degree which is a start.

 

So i knocked the paint work back in the engine bay in preparation for another coat of paint

And reinstated my top of the range spray booth

 

And did some final sealing under the scuttle, waxoiled inside the seam strips, added a touch of sealant at the top and fitted them.

 

Then more paint oh and a run BUGGER

 

I will deal with that tomorrow.

 

Meanwhile the GT shell is really falling to pieces now

[sonikk4]

Paint is still a touch soft so will leave it for a week before i colour sand and mop. Had a clean up / polish around the front panel so happy with that.

 

One of the resident rats met its maker last week. Our friendly neighbour shot the bugger on the roof of the workshop. Dinner for the crows. I need to move a lot of stuff out and wash the floor with bleach to get rid of the smell. Rats pee stinks badly.

[myredmini]

Looking beautiful Neil as always!

[sonikk4]

Looking beautiful Neil as always!

Cheers Dan, it’s getting there

[sonikk4]

Still slowly moving fwd, had a good mopping session and all is good. just one small area to denib then done.

 

So today was going to be articulated hinges and bonnet fitting. Did not quite go to plan as i got side tracked by needing to repaint the slam panel fitting for the bonnet release so got on with that.

 

 

Then it was onto the hinges. Had to paint the nuts the and washers first then on they went.

 

If all goes well the bonnet will go on tomorrow.

[Twilton]

This is looking mint already! Can I ask where you got them bonnet hinges from?

[sonikk4]

This is looking mint already! Can I ask where you got them bonnet hinges from?

 

Minivation, Ben from Minivation is on here.

[sonikk4]

So finally i have fitted the bonnet, YAH!!!! BUT when i had another look at the finish i was a little bit miffed. Found what looked like reaction on one corner plus some fairly deep scratches.

 

So after some colour sanding later it all came good.

 

Went to fit the slam panel bonnet latch and where the hell did the spring attach to?? after a quick shout out to FB i got some idea where it attaches that will be a job for tomorrow

 

And then it was on to my box of goodies i bought off my son and jackpot!!

 

I should never have to buy radius arms again,

[rich2]

Awesome!

[sonikk4]

I set off with the best intentions to day and once i got to the workshop i realised i had forgot to buy any 2500 grit wet and dry BUGGER!!! Too bloody far to go back into town to buy anymore so it was onto plan B!

 

Drill a hole, just a little one for the slam panel catch spring and Et Voila

I had achieved, well sort of. So what could i do that needed to be done???? oh yes paint the sodding screw heads on the hinges!!!! Seriously i need to get out more. So here we are.

Cleaned and sanded down

 

Epoxy primed

 

Top coated

 

So there you go another thrilling episode. Not quite in the same league as the HVAC build on Project Binky.    

[sonikk4]

Grill time so first thing first i need to mount the damn thing. So no plastic clip or nuts for me, instead one will be using anchor nuts fixed in with Cherry rivets. And the good thing about these is the the anchor nuts are the floating variety and the cherries are steel so no dissimilar corrosion setting in plus it all went together wet.

 

 

So after they were all fitted and multiple coats of paint applied this was the first trial fitment.

 

A bit of tweaking and some black paint will see this all good.

[alex-95]

This is looking stunning. I like the look of them fixings for the grille.  Jealous of them tools to.

[sonikk4]

This is looking stunning. I like the look of them fixings for the grille.  Jealous of them tools to.

 

Cheers Alex although i may change the fixings for some dome headed cap screws. I have some on order. 

 

If they are no good then i will dimple the light surrounds to get the countersunk fasteners to sit flush.

[GraemeC]

Nice solution! Dome/button heads would look better I think though